Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 610: The Underworld: Physical Toughness Zhu Yunwen

"Buzz..."

When Hua Guang arrived, another ten years had passed.

However, this time Zhu Gaoxu did not appear carrying a chessboard weighing several hundred kilograms, and the Ming team also grew to six people.

The key point is that except for Zhu Yunwen, all of them were emperors on horseback. Even Zhu Zhanhe, who was famous for his civil governance, was a cavalry general with a thousand men who followed Zhu Di in several northern expeditions, not to mention Zhu Qiyue who led tens of thousands of soldiers.

If a war game were to be conducted this time, the Zhu family would certainly have a great advantage, but at this moment Zhu Yuanzhang wanted more to show off the power of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's been a long time since we last met. I hope you are doing well!"

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed and saluted. Li Shimin and Liu Bang knew exactly what he was thinking, so they simply asked, "Where's the chessboard?"

"Haha, let's take a break this year. Let's discuss the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty."

"Look everyone, this is my useless descendant, Zhu Qiyue, the sixth emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

"As for him... he didn't actually have much to offer. He just consolidated the Ming's territory in Persia and the West Sea, while expanding the territory to the north and consolidating the north of the Ling Mountains."

"The boy's methods are too young, but after all, he is the sixth emperor of the dynasty, so it's normal for him to be incompetent."

Zhu Yuanzhang said this, but he was already very happy in his heart.

He deliberately said the sixth emperor of the dynasty. After hearing this, Liu Bang looked at Liu Qi and Liu Fuling and said, "The sixth one in my family is not bad either!"

Li Shimin looked at Li Longji. According to his standards, Li Longji was not up to par at all. After all, he lost even with four double-digit trump cards. He didn't know how to comment on it.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Guangyi with a clenched tooth: "Look at your descendants, except for Xu'er, they are all rats."

"I didn't expect that..." Zhao Guangyi was used to being scolded, and he spread his hands to express his helplessness.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Kuangyin became even angrier.

As for the Jin, Yuan and other dynasties, they remained silent.

Seeing that he had succeeded in his pretense, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "In fact, in addition to martial arts, the civil governance of our Ming Dynasty is also quite good."

"When my son Yue'er was in power, the population of the Ming Dynasty exceeded 300 million, and 60% of the people in the world were proud to speak the official language of the Ming Dynasty."

"In addition, the cultivated land in our Ming Dynasty has reached 100 million mu, and the people have no worries about food and drink."

"Alas...it is indeed difficult to govern such a vast territory."

"Grandpa, it's actually not that difficult." Zhu Qiyue interrupted and bowed:

"During my reign, I popularized telegraphs and electric lights. A large number of power plants were built in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, and the night was as bright as day."

"Besides that, trains and ships are already cheap things that ordinary people can take at will."

"Our Daming tractor only needs a few people to operate it, and it can reclaim more than 20 acres of arable land in a day."

"besides……"

Zhu Qiyue talked incessantly about his achievements, leaving the emperors around him dumbfounded.

What made them dumbfounded was not Zhu Qiyue's achievements, but the fact that this family's methods of showing off were exactly the same.

"Father, why do I feel that what they said is quite similar to what you said before..."

"Zhi Nu, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb."

Li Shimin was so angry that his teeth were itching. Before Zhu Di came down, his status as Heavenly Khan was still quite valuable.

As a result, after Zhu Di came down and then Zhu Gaoxu came down, the value of his title as Heavenly Khan began to seem a bit exaggerated.

Thinking of this, everyone dispersed, all of them unable to stand the Zhu family's pretense.

"By the way, everyone, next time we have a party, I will try to bring armored vehicles and cars to show you. I hope you will show me the favor."

"Of course, if you are willing to contribute, then my Ming Dynasty is willing to fund the construction of cable cars and railways on this island."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, everyone who wanted to leave stopped.

They had already learned about what Zhu Yuanzhang said from Zhu Gaoxu, and they were very curious.

Now that Lao Zhu had spoken, they were somewhat unable to hold back.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was so evil that he actually made them do hard labor.

"Bring the cars and armored vehicles in first, and we'll think about it."

Liu Bang spoke first. After all, the island was not that big, and the land was easy to cultivate. If hundreds of emperors worked together, they could probably lay more than a hundred steps of railway in a day.

If it's about building a road, according to what the Zhu family said, with so many machines, if hundreds of emperors work together, they can build several miles in a day.

But the prerequisite is that the Zhu family must first get the machines they are talking about.

"Okay, then we have a deal. My Zhu family will provide the machinery, and you will provide the labor. I believe that it will only take a hundred years for this railway around the island to be completed!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and smiled, and time passed little by little.

As Hua Guang reappeared, they were also led back to Ming Dynasty.

"Beep--"

Falling from the sky, they can overlook everything in the Ming Dynasty.

Outside the city of Nanjing, more than a dozen hydroelectric power stations several dozen steps wide stand in the middle of the river.

Despite their low power generation efficiency, these dozen small hydroelectric power stations can still power ten trams and the lights in the Forbidden City.

Although the territory of the Ming Dynasty was the largest in all dynasties, its resources were always limited.

Clean energy is the energy path that Zhu Gaoxu set for the development of the Ming Dynasty in this world.

Hydropower, wind power, and even solar energy in the future, these are what Zhu Gaoxu pursued. After all, they are all dead, and they won’t get old even if they wait for hundreds of years. It is just right to develop clean energy.

"The territory of our Ming Dynasty is so vast that even if there are tens of millions of people, I'm afraid we can still live comfortably there."

In the brilliant light, Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and smiled, and Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

After six expansions, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was only slightly smaller than Xinjiang in later generations. Moreover, people in this world planted crops only to satisfy their appetites and would not starve to death if they did not eat.

In addition, 60% of this land is plains, and there are more than 200 rivers of various sizes, making it very suitable for developing clean energy.

The Imperial Academy in the human world is studying it, and the Imperial Academy in the underworld is also studying it.

If a hundred years isn’t enough, then a thousand years. If a thousand years isn’t enough, then ten thousand years. They have plenty of time anyway.

Thinking this way, ten years passed by little by little.

Except for giving instructions at critical moments, Zhu Gaoxu always left things to Zhu Gaoxu at other times. After all, for the workaholic Zhu Gaoxu, having nothing to do is the biggest torture for him.

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's organization, nearly 200,000 people in this world participated in the labor.

In ten years, more than 100 miles of railway around Beijing was laid and more than 30 hydropower stations were built.

In addition, an open-top internal combustion engine truck was also invented.

The six members of the Zhu family, each carrying a corner, took great pains to guide the truck, which was travelling at a speed of over 40 miles per hour, to Emperor Island just as the light of day was approaching.

When the truck appeared, Zhu Zhanhe served as the driver, Liu Bang, Ying Zheng and Li Shimin sat in the co-pilot and back seats, and the other emperors either waited for the next bus or sat in the car, holding on to the handrails tightly.

"If my Tang Dynasty had this thing, then East Continent, North Continent, West Continent... would all belong to my Tang Dynasty!"

"So does my big man!"

"You speak as if my Great Qin is different."

In the cab, Ying Zheng, Li Shimin, and Liu Bang were arguing. Li Shimin asked Zhu Zhanhe, a veteran driver with 60 years of driving experience:
“How many miles can this truck travel per day?”

"Hmm?" Zhu Zhanhe held a toothpick in the corner of his mouth. Hearing this, he turned the steering wheel smoothly and answered:

"With enough gasoline, it can travel about 400 miles a day, and with a full load it can only travel more than 300 miles, and can carry 5,000 kilograms of cargo."

"When I was in office, one truck like this could provide supplies for a hundred soldiers for half a month."

"Of course, we have to set up military stations along the way, and also prepare gasoline."

"There is also oil that can be mined in the Ming Dynasty in this world. When the time comes, we can use the decomposed asphalt to pave roads. We can pave several miles of roads in a day."

"By the way, when I was in power, the number of trucks in the peak of the Ming Dynasty was more than 300. The small number was not due to production difficulties, but because the thermal efficiency was too low at the time."

"The thermal efficiency of our truck is much higher than when I was alive, but it's probably not as fast as the research speed of the human world."

"Forget it. You won't understand much even if I tell you all this. Anyway, I can drive, so just sit tight and relax!"

Zhu Zhanhe's words made Li Shimin and the other two feel quite unsophisticated.

They secretly observed Zhu Zhanhe's skillful driving movements, thinking that they might as well learn from him.

Time passed quickly. After hundreds of emperors had experienced it once, the gasoline in the truck was exhausted and the truck broke down completely.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhu Gaoxu also clapped his hands to stop, and said:
"Hua Guang is coming out soon. The things that Hua Guang can carry are the limit of the manpower of the guides. There are only six people in Daming at present. The things that they carry each time are at most more than 3,000 kilograms."

"At this rate, it will take at least six hundred years to build a railway around the island, so I thought about it carefully and decided to build a tram on Emperor Island instead of a railway!" After he finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu took out a blueprint.

Since only the emperor can come to Emperor Island, even if the separatist emperors and khans are included, there are only about 800 people at most, so only a few trams are needed to solve their problem of traveling around the island.

If they wanted to build trams, then the Ming Dynasty would only need to solve the problems of trams and wires. Other problems could be left to other emperors to produce them.

Among these, the biggest problem is the power station problem.

The machines can be produced by the Ming Dynasty, but the needed cement and pig iron can be left to these emperors.

The drawing that Zhu Gaoxu took out was the formula for pig iron rods and cement.

After a brief explanation, Huaguang appeared. Zhu Gaoxu and his men left the truck behind and returned to Ming Dynasty under the guidance of Huaguang.

At this moment, the population of the Ming Dynasty still lived near the city of Nanjing. Some were responsible for mining and smelting ore, some were responsible for making cement, and others were responsible for other tasks. Everyone had their own duties.

With each of them performing their respective duties, the Ming Dynasty changed rapidly over the past twenty years.

Such changes will not stop, but continue to move forward.

Soon, another five years passed, but on this day the land of Daming began to shake again.

"Five generations of wise rulers in a row?"

Seeing the expansion of the Ming Dynasty's territory, Li Shimin, Liu Bang, Temujin and others had become somewhat numb.

Excluding Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen, the Ming Dynasty had already gone through five generations of wise rulers who expanded the territory.

"Buzz..."

Twenty-two years after the arrival of the Great Light, the population of the Ming Dynasty increased to 300,000 because of the arrival of the Great Light.

In addition, Zhu Jianshen, the seventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty, also slowly opened his eyes.

"Boss, tell me about your achievements!"

Seeing Zhu Jianshen arriving, Zhu Qiyue and Zhu Zhanhe drove their cars to the Fengtian Hall first.

At the same time, Zhu Di's Daming Palace was also shaking and expanding in area, approaching ten thousand acres.

Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang and others rushed over, and Zhu Gaoxu also walked over leisurely.

In this situation, only one person drove out of the city to the west.

"I'm going to get beaten again!"

Zhu Yunwen, who was driving, looked at the rearview mirror nervously. As he watched, another car chased him out of Nanjing city.

In the cab, Zhu Biao's face was ferocious and Zhu Yunwen's face was pale.

While the father and son were in desperate pursuit, the others had already arrived at the Fengtian Hall.
Seeing this, Zhu Qiyue patted Zhu Jianshen and said, "Come, say hello to your ancestors."

"Yes..." Zhu Jianshen obediently bowed to the four ancestors Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang.

After the ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke first: "Jian Shen, tell me about your achievements."

"Yes," Zhu Jianshen bowed and saluted, then said:

"During my reign, I used culture and economy to annex the 55 vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, and a large number of small states in Southeast Asia and India also annexed the Ming Dynasty."

"In addition, the research on armored vehicles and semi-automatic rifles is also deepening. The only country that is not submissive is Japan. However, I have kept a few tricks. If Japan wants to cause trouble, my children and grandchildren will be able to quickly deal with them."

"also……"

Zhu Jianshen talked about his achievements in detail. Overall, Zhu Jianshen was still doing things according to the books left by his great-grandfather Zhu Gaoxu, and he did a good job.

"Okay, okay... You are worthy of being from Gao Xu's lineage. By this calculation, my Ming Dynasty has had six generations of wise rulers. Okay, okay..."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced around and mentioned the words of six generations of wise rulers, which made Zhu Di very happy.

"However, before my grandson passed away, there were constant rebellions in Persia and Shannan, and Crown Prince Youxuan was indecisive, while Crown Prince Houzhao was resolute and brave. I am more worried about the affairs in these places."

Zhu Jianshen did not lie, but told the truth. His truthfulness immediately made Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu look unhappy.

Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that the line of wise rulers would end, Zhu Di was worried that his father would not praise him but scold him, and Zhu Gaoxu was worried about the revision of history. After all, the names Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Youxuan and Zhu Houzhao were too revised.

"Well... let's wait and see. The money and food accumulated by the Ming Dynasty should be enough."

Zhu Zhanhe spoke for his eldest grandson, but Zhu Jianshen said with shame:

"In addition to the treasury, there are also some problems with the national treasury and banks. The nobles have a lot of bad debts. I'm afraid it will be difficult to solve them."

"The situation at the bank is fine, but the employment problem among the people and the class contradictions are difficult to reconcile. Given the prince's personality, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to firmly implement the new policy..."

Zhu Jianshen's words made Zhu Di look at Old Zhu nervously.

Old Zhu said with a dark face: "If I remember correctly, the Ming Dynasty is only 152 years old now, right?"

Old Zhu looked at Zhu Di, who lowered his head nervously: "Old Fourth, you promised before that the Ming Dynasty would last at least 300 years."

"If the Ming Dynasty does not have three hundred years of national fortune, then you..." Old Zhu put his hand on the leather belt. Zhu Di was already sweating profusely.

The conversation between the father and son made everyone look sideways. They could only give a thumbs up to Zhu Di in their hearts and admire him for daring to say anything.

"Don't worry, Dad. Gao Xu said that the Ming Dynasty will definitely last for three hundred years."

"When did I say that?"

Zhu Di put the blame on Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu didn't dare to take the blame this time.

If others don't know, how can he know?

The Ming Dynasty will usher in a period of temperature warming that will last for several decades. After the warming period ends, it will usher in an active period of cooling due to the Little Ice Age, with frequent disasters.

Natural disasters are not scary, but the man-made disasters caused by natural disasters are the most unpredictable and unestimated.

Theoretically speaking, according to Zhu Jianshen's report, the average grain possession per capita in the Ming Dynasty reached more than 1,200 kilograms, so there was no shortage of food at all.

But for Zhu Gaoxu, who had experienced many natural disasters and man-made disasters in his previous life, per capita does not mean real per capita. Once a natural disaster occurs, man-made disasters will inevitably occur because of interests.

Whether the Ming Dynasty could survive the period from 1620 to 1720 depended on what the emperor at that time would do.

"I left those books behind, so I think they can help me get through this difficult time..."

Zhu Gaoxu was a little nervous, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not pursue the matter. Instead, he waited for Zhu Youxuan to come down and report.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also recruited the Imperial Academy officials brought by Zhu Jianshen to push science and technology to a new level.

A few years later, when Huaguang reappeared, Zhu Yuanzhang and seven other people were also led to Emperor Island by Huaguang carrying the hydroelectric generator.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but show off again, and the emperors were also accustomed to Zhu Yuanzhang's habit of showing off every time a Ming emperor came.

After learning about what Zhu Jianshen had done, the emperors felt relieved. After all, what Zhu Jianshen did was still within their understanding and much easier to understand than the deeds of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Gaoxu.

Time passed little by little, and in a blink of an eye, another twenty-five years had passed.

On this day, the glory descended, but the territory of Ming Dynasty did not increase, which made other emperors who paid attention to Ming Dynasty couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, Zhu Chongba, let's see what you are going to show off this time!"

Temujin laughed sarcastically, while Liu Bang said, "Well, I said that the five dynasties of wise rulers were about the same, and it is impossible for them to surpass the Han Dynasty."

"Look, Zhu Yuanzhang thought his Ming Dynasty could produce six generations of wise rulers, but it turned out to be only five generations, not much better than us."

Li Shimin said this, stroking his beard from time to time. After more than a hundred years, his mentality was instantly balanced.

At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di stared at Zhu Youxuan who appeared in the Fengtian Hall with wide eyes. Feeling the Ming land no longer shaking, Zhu Yuanzhang subconsciously put his hand on the leather belt.

Zhu Yunwen, who had escaped many times, rarely showed up and thought that he finally wouldn't be beaten.

Zhu Gaoxu came over with Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Qiyue and Zhu Jianshen with dark faces.

"Youxuan, tell the ancestors what you did. Don't even think about lying. There are a bunch of your officials waiting for me to question them!"

Zhu Jianshen walked forward with a dark face. Zhu Youxuan's legs softened when he saw this: "Dad, you are not dead..."

"Tell the truth!" Zhu Qiyue stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Youxuan by the collar. Zhu Youxuan said in confusion: "Grandpa, you are not dead..."

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhu Zhanhe glared at him. Zhu Youxuan looked at Zhu Zhanhe, who looked exactly like the one in the portrait, and immediately confessed what he had done in the past twenty-five years.

Everyone's faces were gloomy when they heard that Zhu Youxuan had appointed Wang Shouren to conduct the imperial examination. When their faces finally looked better, they heard Zhu Youxuan say that the pressure from the meritorious officials and civil officials was too great, so he stopped the imperial examination.

"Zhu Di!!"

Old Zhu directly pulled out his leather belt, and Zhu Di subconsciously reached to the side and grabbed Zhu Yunwen, who was watching the show, in front of him.

"lie--"

"Uh-huh!!"

Feeling the physical pain, Zhu Yunwen's tears flowed.

"Why am I the one who gets beaten..."

(End of this chapter)